Improved pegging-awl



GROVFNOR B. PAINE, OF MONTPELIER, VERMONT.

Letters Patent No. 87,062,

ma Feb/mary 16,1869.

IMPROVD PEG-GING--AWL.

To all ywwm it may concern Beit known that I, GROVENOR B. PAINE, of Moutpelier, in the countyof Washington, and State of Vermont, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Pegging-Awls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the .annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters andigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1, -of the drawings, is a sectional view of my pegging-awl;

Figure 2 is a view of the cap or nut; and

Figures 3 and 4 are details.

My invention relates to that class of pegging-awls, for shoemakers use, in the handle of which a spring is adjusted for the purpose of regulating the movements oi' the awl, and withdrawing'the same from the leather after its olice has been illed.

The invention consists mainly in providing bet-ter means than have heretofore been devised for adjusting the awl in the handle, and also for adjusting and hold' ing the spring in its proper place.

The letter A, ofthe drawings, represents a hollow metallic cylinder, with a thread cut on its inner side, from the top downward, about half an inch, as shown at a, and also having a small aperture at its lower end, adapted to the size ofthe awl proper, as shown at b.

The letter B, a circular bar, adj usted inside of cylinder A in the manner shown, its upper end being formed with 'a shoulder, c, and a groove, (l, as represented on iig. 3. The lower end of this bar is hollowed out, as shown on fig. l, and Ihas a thread cut therein, adapted to the screw on holder C, hereinafter mentioned.

The letter C represents a holder for the awl proper. It is formed with a quadrangular opening, adapted 'to receive the but of the awl, anJdx it is also slitted upward from thebottom, about two-thirds its length, that it may be opened sufficiently to loosen the awl at will. This slit is marked h on the drawings.

The letter m represents a screw, cut on the upper end of holder C, adapted to the thread on bar B.

Y The letter H is a nut, of the form shown on fig. 2. It has a screw-thread on its outer surface, below the shoulder, adapted to'a similar thread on the inside of cylinder A, as shown ou iig. 1. It has also a guide, ymarked ly, adapted to work in the groove in bar B, the whole so arranged that the said bar is forced to move With the nut.

The letter K is a spiral spring, adjusted around the bar B, its lower end resting upon a shoulder in the cylinder' A, and its upper end resting against the shoulder on bar B.

These several devices enable me to adjust the awl in the handle in such manner as to give it perfect freedom of action up and down, while, at the same time, it is held securely in its place. They also serve to hold the spring K in its proper position, and to loosen or tighten the same at will.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

combination with the cylinder A, holder C, and spring K, constructed and operating substantially as specied.

In' testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witnesses.

GROVENOR B. PAINE. Witnesses:

DENNIS LANE,

MAHLON TAPLIN.

The nut H, with its guide y and grooved bar B, in 

